Now when I go to work, I work all day, Always turns out the same. When I bring home my hard-earned pay I spend my money all on mary jane. Mary jane, mary jane, lord, my mary jane. Oh if a man should look tame now, mean and mature, They all turn out the same. 'cause they can't do nothing to make a man feel good Like my old mary jane. Mary jane, mary jane, lord, my mary jane. Now I walk in the street now lookin' for a friend One that can lend me some change. And he never questions my reason why, 'cause he too loves mary jane. Mary jane, mary jane, lord, my mary jane. Well, I have known women that wanted no man, Some that wanted to stay. But I never knew what happened in this world Till I met up with mary jane, Mary jane, mary jane, lord my mary jane.